Northwest, central and west India to record maximum temperature 3 to 5 degrees above normal in next few days: IMD
The HinduNorthwest, central and west India are predicted to record maximum temperatures of three to five degrees above normal over the next five days, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. A senior meteorologist at the IMD said temperatures in northwest India are likely to drop by two degrees Celsius over the next two days after a western disturbance affecting the western Himalayan region recedes. However, maximum temperatures are likely to remain three to five degrees above normal in the region as well as central and west India over the next five days, he said. Maximum temperatures are already showing a rising trend and the mercury may soar to 40 degrees Celsius and above in one or two meteorological subdivisions of northwest India in the first half of March, the scientist said.